Toy briquet-mold.



TOY BRIQUET MOLD APPLICATION FILED MAY 13 1909.

Patented July 26; 1910.

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Gramm L. B. MODANIEL.

TOY BRIQUET MOLD. APP IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 9.

' 965,480., Patented July26, 1910.

LEVI B. MCDANIEL, OF CONCRETE, WASHINGTON.

TOY BRIQUET-MOLD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 26, 1910.

Application filed May 18, 1909. Serial 1Y0. 496,694.

To all whom it may concern:

....and use the same.

The invention relates to plastic molds and more particularly to theclass of toy plastic molds of knockdown type for use in kindergarten,schools or manual training institu tions.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a mold of thischaracter in which a mass of plastic material can be readily and easilymolded into briquet of the shape and size desired and the sections ofthe mold being separable to permit the collapsing thereof or in otherwords to enable it to be knocked down in a simple manher so that themass of molded material may not be disturbed during its removal from themold for the purpose of the drying or hardening thereof, whereby thesame may be subsequently utilized in the formation of buildingstructures.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a mold which can bequickly and readily assembled and disassembled at the will of anoperator when in the act of setting up the same or bringing it intoknockdown position, and furthermore one that is of simple construction,reliable and efiicient, and inexpensive in the manufacture.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification isillustrated the preferred form of embodiment of the invention, which toenable those skilled in the art to practice the same will be set forthat length in the following description, while the novelty of theinvention will be brought out in the appended claim.

In the drawings :-Figure l is a top plan view of the mold in assembledposition. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional Viewon the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the mold withits sections in separated relation to each other.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawings.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the mold comprises opposedcorre spondingly shaped side walls or sections 5, which may be made ofany suitable material and of any desirable length, width and thickness,each being provided with right angularly disposed terminal flanges 6,bent from the body of the side wall or section.

Removably mounted and normally inserted between the side walls orsections 5 are spacer or filler blocks 7, the outer side walls of whichlie contiguous with the flanges 6, of the side walls or sections and areadapted to hold the latter in spaced relation to each other and also toprovide a suitable space between the said blocks and the walls forreceiving and molding plastic substance when introduced therein.

Clamping the side walls or sections 5 are end walls or sections 8, eachbeing substantially U-shaped to provide engaging flanges 9, at rightangles to the end wall and in parallel relation to each other forpartially overlapping the side walls or sections 5, to clamp the sameand maintain the mold in assembled or set up position.

It is of course obvious that the spacer blocks 7, may be removed when itis desired to increase the molding capacity of the said mold and this isoptional with the user thereof.

When it is desired to bring the mold to knockdown position whilesurrounding and after setting plastic substance into a briquet it isnecessary to first remove or detach the end walls or sections 8, fromoverlapping engagement with the side walls or sections 5, which latterare then removed and in this manner the molded body is freed so that thesame may stand for the drying or hardening thereof and its subsequentuse in the framing of a building structure.

The simplicity of the mold structure is clearly apparent and it isthought the construction and operation will be readily understoodwithout a more extended explanation and therefore the same has beenomitted.

What is claimed is A mold of the class described comprising straightside walls having inturned ends, removable spacer blocks snugly fittedbetween the side Walls and adjustable longi- I end Walls on adjustmentof the spacer tudinally thereof, and end Walls engaging blockslongitudinally between the side Walls. 10 said side Walls, the length ofsaid end Walls In testimony whereof, I affix my signa' being such as toenable them to clamp and ture, in presence of two Witnesses.

hold tightly the side Walls throughout their LEVI B, MCDANIEL. Width tothe blocks, the inturned ends of Witnesses:

the side Walls being less than the thickness GEO. L. ROESSEL,

of the block to prevent displacement of the VALTER SOHMITZ.

